US Federal PFAS Rules

Requirements by topic

The instruments

Pending rules and decisions

• RIN 2070-AL29; Docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0549: TSCA PFAS reporting rule revisions (exemptions and submission period)
  Proposed rule; comments closed December 29, 2025; no final rule published and none under OIRA review as of November 10, 2026 (November 13, 2025)
  Would exempt imported articles, PFAS below 0.1%, byproducts not used commercially, impurities, R&D substances and non-isolated intermediates, and set a three-month submission period starting 60 days after the final rule takes effect. The Unified Agenda projected a final rule in July 2026. Source
• RIN 2040-AG53; Docket EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0654: Rescission of drinking water regulatory determinations and MCLs for PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA and the hazard index mixture
  Proposed rule; comments closed July 20, 2026 (May 20, 2026)
  Would remove the four PFAS provisions of the 2024 NPDWR on the ground that EPA could not lawfully make regulatory determinations and regulations simultaneously. The Unified Agenda projected a final rule in September 2026. Source
• RIN 2040-AG49; Docket EPA-HQ-OW-2025-1742: Extending the compliance deadline for the PFOA and PFOS MCLs
  Proposed rule; comments closed July 20, 2026 (May 20, 2026)
  Would create a two-year exemption by rule under SDWA sections 1416(f) and 1450(a)(1) moving the PFOA and PFOS compliance date from April 26, 2029 to April 26, 2031 for systems that request it within 180 days of the final rule. Source
• D.C. Cir. No. 24-1188: American Water Works Association v. EPA (challenge to the 2024 PFAS drinking water rule)
  Argued September 18, 2026 before Judges Millett, Pillard and Katsas; no decision as of November 10, 2026. (September 18, 2026)
  Water utility groups challenge the April 2024 rule; EPA asked the court to vacate the PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA and hazard index provisions, and the court declined to act summarily. Source
• RIN 2070-AL03; Docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0538: Addition of 16 PFAS and 15 PFAS categories to the TRI
  Proposed rule; not final as of November 10, 2026 (October 8, 2024)
  Would add 16 individual PFAS and 15 PFAS categories as chemicals of special concern. The Unified Agenda projected a final rule in July 2026. Source
• RIN 2070-AL24; Docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2024-0507: TRI clarification of toxic chemicals due to automatic PFAS additions
  Proposed rule; not final as of November 10, 2026 (January 17, 2025)
  Would confirm that supplier notification for PFAS added automatically under the NDAA applies from January 1 of the year of addition. Source
• RIN 2040-AG10: Effluent limitations guidelines for PFAS manufacturers (OCPSF category, 40 CFR part 414)
  Not yet proposed; ANPRM March 17, 2021; Unified Agenda projected a proposed rule in July 2026, but none was published as of November 10, 2026 (March 17, 2021)
  Would revise the OCPSF effluent guidelines to limit PFAS discharges from facilities that manufacture PFAS. Source
• RIN 2040-AG24: Metal finishing effluent guidelines revisions for PFAS in chromium electroplating wastewater
  Not yet proposed; Unified Agenda projected a proposed rule in February 2027
  Would address PFAS discharges from chromium electroplating under the metal finishing effluent guidelines. Source
• Dockets EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0504 and EPA-HQ-OW-2026-2509: Sewage sludge (biosolids) risk assessment and draft guidance for PFOA and PFOS
  Draft risk assessment (January 15, 2025; comments closed August 14, 2025) not finalized; draft non-binding risk reduction guidance issued July 6, 2026, comments closed September 4, 2026 (July 6, 2026)
  The draft risk assessment will inform possible Clean Water Act regulation of PFOA and PFOS in land-applied, surface-disposed or incinerated sewage sludge; the draft guidance offers voluntary recommendations. Source
• Docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2024-0131: TSCA section 6 proceeding on PFOA, PFNA and PFDA formed during fluorination of plastic containers
  Petition granted July 10, 2024; request for comment September 30, 2024; no proposed rule as of 2026-09-28 (September 30, 2024)
  EPA began a section 6 proceeding after the Fifth Circuit vacated its section 5 orders against Inhance Technologies on March 21, 2024. Source
• RIN 0750-AL75 (DFARS Case 2023-D002): Restriction on DoD procurement of certain items containing PFAS
  Not yet proposed as of November 10, 2026; the Unified Agenda had projected a proposed rule in July 2026.
  Would implement FY2023 NDAA section 345 (firefighter protective equipment, from October 1, 2026) and FY2021 NDAA section 333 (PFOS or PFOA in cookware, upholstered furniture, carpets and rugs) in the DFARS. Source
• RIN 2050-AH26; Docket EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0278: Listing of nine PFAS as RCRA hazardous constituents
  Proposed rule; Unified Agenda projected a final rule in January 2027 (February 8, 2024)
  Would add nine PFAS, their salts and structural isomers to 40 CFR part 261 appendix VIII for RCRA corrective action. Source
• Dockets EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0041 and EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0278: Removal of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) from approved pesticide inert ingredients
  Proposed in 2024; no final action found in the Federal Register as of 2026-09-28 (July 16, 2024)
  EPA proposed removing PTFE from the list of approved inert ingredients (February 28, 2024) and revoking its tolerance exemption as an inert (July 16, 2024). Source

Bills in Congress

PFAS bills pending in the 119th Congress on products and chemicals and on water, cleanup and liability. Only the House defense bill, H.R. 8800, has passed a chamber, and its PFAS sections cover cleanup and reporting. Bills not enacted by January 3, 2027 die when the Congress ends.

Products and chemicals

• H.R. 9593 and S. 5516 (119th Congress): Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2026
  House bill introduced by Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) on July 6, 2026 and referred to the Energy and Commerce Committee; Senate version introduced by Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and referred to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (September 24, 2026)
  Would make it a prohibited act under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to put food packaging with intentionally added PFAS into interstate commerce, from January 1, 2027 under the House bill and January 1, 2028 under the Senate bill. The House bill covers chemicals with at least one fully fluorinated methyl or methylene carbon atom; the Senate bill covers those with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. Source
• S. 5525 (119th Congress): Banning Toxics from Plastic Bottles Act of 2026
  Introduced by Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) and referred to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (September 24, 2026)
  Would bar retailers, two years after enactment, from selling or distributing single-use beverage containers of 3 liters or less that contain a toxic substance, which the bill defines to include PFAS, that are made wholly or partly of PETG, that contain polyethylene glycol, or that are opaque or colored other than transparent blue or green. Fines would be up to $50,000 per violation, with each product line counted as a separate violation. Source
• H.R. 10492 and S. 5433 (119th Congress): Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act
  Introduced by Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA); referred to the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Education and Workforce Committees and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (September 17, 2026)
  Would require OSHA to issue an interim health standard for wildland firefighters and later a final standard that includes ways to reduce exposure to PFAS in firefighter gear, and would have a federal task force consider moving to protective equipment without PFAS. It sets no deadline for PFAS-free gear. Source
• H.R. 10462 and S. 5410 (119th Congress): Firefighter PFAS Injury Compensation Act of 2026
  Introduced by Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ); referred to the House Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce and Budget Committees and the Senate Finance Committee (September 16, 2026)
  Would impose a 10 percent excise tax on manufacturers', producers' and importers' sales of any product containing PFAS, including firefighter gear, and a 10 percent tax on PFAS damages payments other than personal injury awards. The money would fund no-fault compensation for firefighters with at least two years of service who develop listed PFAS-related cancers and other conditions. Source
• H.R. 10048 and S. 5302 (119th Congress): Truth in Labeling Act of 2026
  Introduced by Rep. J. Luis Correa (D-CA) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR); referred to the House Energy and Commerce and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees (August 6, 2026)
  Would set national rules for labeling packaging, food service products and beverage containers as recyclable, compostable, reusable or refillable, and allow a compostable label only on items that, among other tests, have no intentionally added PFAS. EPA and the FTC would set standard labels within two years, and selling noncompliant items two years after that would be a deceptive practice. Source
• H.R. 9788 (119th Congress): FORMULA Act of 2026
  Introduced by Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) and referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee (July 20, 2026)
  Would require HHS to set maximum levels in infant formula for contaminants, defined to include PFAS along with heavy metals, phthalates, microplastics, synthetic pesticides and biological toxins, with formula above those levels treated as adulterated. The rules would be due 180 days after enactment and apply to formula made 180 days after they are issued, with testing and recordkeeping by manufacturers. Source
• H.R. 9594 (119th Congress): No PFAS in Cosmetics Act
  Introduced by Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee (July 6, 2026)
  Would treat any cosmetic with intentionally added PFAS as adulterated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act from January 1, 2027, which bars it from interstate commerce, and would repeal the MoCRA section that directed FDA's report on PFAS in cosmetics. The sponsors' releases describe a 270-day deadline; the introduced text says January 1, 2027. Source
• H.R. 3184 and S. 4844 (119th Congress): PFAS Alternatives Act
  House bill introduced by Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) on May 5, 2025 and referred to the Science, Space, and Technology and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees; Senate version introduced by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and referred to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (June 18, 2026)
  Would have NIOSH award grants for research, development and testing of PFAS-free turnout gear for firefighters, with $25 million a year authorized for fiscal 2025 to 2029 in the House bill and 2027 to 2031 in the Senate bill, plus $2 million a year for guidance and training on safely wearing, cleaning and caring for the new gear, starting in fiscal 2027 under the House bill and 2028 under the Senate bill. It sets no limit on PFAS in gear. Source
• H.R. 8016 and S. 4153 (119th Congress): Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026
  Introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) on March 19, 2026. The Senate bill is in the Environment and Public Works Committee; the House bill went to five committees, the last step a referral to the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee (March 20, 2026)
  Would ban interstate sales of products containing PFAS in stages: carpets and rugs, fabric treatments, food packaging and containers, juvenile products and oil and gas products one year after enactment; cosmetics, indoor textile furnishings, indoor upholstered furniture, accessories, handbags and most apparel after two years; outdoor textile furnishings and outdoor upholstered furniture after four; and outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions with intentionally used PFAS after five. It would also require yearly reports to EPA on PFAS uses and releases, direct federal agencies to stop buying products known to contain PFAS where practicable, end nonessential PFAS uses and all PFAS releases above detection limits after ten years, extend the time to bring state injury and property claims over hazardous substances, and keep bankruptcy filings from pausing PFAS claims against companies not in bankruptcy. Source
• H.R. 3110 (119th Congress): PFAS-Free Procurement Act of 2025
  Introduced by Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY) and referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (April 30, 2025)
  Would bar federal executive agencies from entering into or renewing contracts for nonstick cookware and cooking utensils, or for furniture, carpets and rugs treated with stain-resistant coatings, that contain PFOS or PFOA, and would have them favor PFAS-free versions where available and practicable. Both requirements would take effect six months after enactment and apply to contracts entered into from then on. Source
• H.R. 960 (119th Congress): Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act
  Introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and referred to the House Ways and Means Committee (February 4, 2025)
  Would strike the sentence in Additional U.S. Note 2 to chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule that requires a garment's water resistance to come from a rubber or plastics application to the outer shell, lining or inner lining, so garments that pass the water resistance test by other means could be classed as water resistant. The sponsors say this would end a higher duty on PFAS-free water resistant clothing. Source

Water, cleanup and liability

• H.R. 10869 (119th Congress): Protect Clean Water Act
  Introduced by Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY) and referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce Committees (October 22, 2026)
  Would renew the expired Safe Drinking Water Act authorization for emerging contaminant grants at $1 billion a year for fiscal 2027 through 2031, and create a Clean Water Act program, run through the state revolving funds, for emerging contaminant projects focused on PFAS at $1 billion a year for the same years, with at least 25 percent for small or disadvantaged communities. Source
• H.R. 8800 and S. 4784 (119th Congress): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
  The Senate Armed Services Committee's bill, S. 4784, stalled when cloture on the motion to proceed failed on July 14, 2026. The House passed H.R. 8800, 216-212, on July 22, and the Senate received it (September 14, 2026)
  The annual defense bill. Its PFAS sections cover cleanup and reporting: a House-required report on PFAS destruction technology for water, due June 1, 2027, and Senate provisions for a GAO study of DoD's PFAS cleanup and contracting, a requirement to start interim cleanup at no fewer than 50 installations within two years unless too few qualify, and notice of PFAS dashboard updates. Neither version changes DoD's rules on PFAS in firefighting foam or firefighter gear or on buying items with PFAS. Source
• S. 4949 (119th Congress): Water Resources Development Act of 2026
  Introduced by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on July 13, 2026 and referred to the Environment and Public Works Committee, which reported it with a substitute amendment; placed on the Senate calendar as Calendar No. 457 (July 15, 2026)
  A broad water resources bill. Its Division B would reauthorize EPA drinking water and wastewater programs through fiscal 2030, let both state revolving funds pay for projects on emerging contaminants including PFAS, point small and disadvantaged community drinking water grants at emerging contaminants with a focus on PFAS, and fund a pilot of grants for point-of-use filters where a public water system exceeds a maximum contaminant level for lead, PFAS or another contaminant. Source
• H.R. 8632 (119th Congress): PFAS Cleanup Act
  Introduced by Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA) and referred to the House Ways and Means Committee (April 30, 2026)
  Would tax PFAS, defined as any man-made chemical with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom, at 45 percent of the price when sold by their manufacturers, producers or importers (or of fair market value when they use the chemicals themselves), and give owners or operators of public water systems a 25 percent tax credit for removing PFAS found above an EPA maximum contaminant level. Both would start with taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026; governments, tribes and tax-exempt owners could take the credit as a direct payment. Source
• H.R. 6668 and S. 3457 (119th Congress): Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2025
  Introduced by Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) on December 11, 2025; the Senate bill is in the Environment and Public Works Committee, and the House bill was referred to the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee (February 2, 2026)
  Would require EPA to set Clean Water Act effluent limits and pretreatment standards for measurable PFAS from eight industrial categories, including chemical and plastics plants, metal finishers, textile mills and landfills, on deadlines from September 30, 2026 to September 30, 2028, and to publish human health water quality criteria for PFAS within three years. It would also require PFAS discharge monitoring and authorize $200 million a year for fiscal 2026 through 2030 in pretreatment grants to sewage treatment plants. Source
• H.R. 6476 and S. 3353 (119th Congress): Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act
  Introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on December 4, 2025; the Senate bill is in the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the House bill was referred to the Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology (January 13, 2026)
  Would create a USDA grant program, with $500 million in total for fiscal 2026 through 2029 (through 2030 in the Senate bill), for states, the District of Columbia, territories and tribes to help farms with PFAS-contaminated land or water, covering purchases of land or products, lost income, changes in production, remediation, testing and health monitoring. It would also set up a USDA task force on adding PFAS response to existing farm programs. Source
• H.R. 6626 and S. 3460 (119th Congress): PFAS Accountability Act of 2025
  Introduced by Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); referred to the House Energy and Commerce and Judiciary Committees and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (December 11, 2025)
  Would amend TSCA to let people significantly exposed to PFAS sue the companies whose manufacturing created those chemicals, individually or as a class, when the companies foresaw or should have foreseen human exposure, and let courts order the companies to pay for medical monitoring. Significant exposure would be presumed from test results finding PFAS or their metabolites in the body or blood serum, or from proof that a company's PFAS were released where the person would have been exposed for a cumulative year or more, which the company could rebut with independent testing. Source
• H.R. 4961 (119th Congress): Public Utility Remediation and Enhancement for Water Act
  Introduced by Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) on August 12, 2025 and referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, then to its Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee (August 13, 2025)
  Would create an EPA Clean Water Act grant program, at $200 million a year for fiscal 2026 through 2028, paying at least 75 percent of the cost for public sewage treatment plants to plan, design and build treatment for PFAS and other emerging contaminants or to meet PFAS pretreatment standards and effluent limits. Source
• H.R. 1938 and S. 2472 (119th Congress): Department of Defense PFAS Discharge Prevention Act
  Introduced by Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) on March 6, 2025 and referred to the House Armed Services and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees and the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee; a similar Senate bill from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) was referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee (July 28, 2025)
  Would direct the Defense Department, within a year, to seek changes to the Clean Water Act stormwater permits for its facilities (or, under the House bill, their stormwater management plans) requiring PFAS discharge monitoring at least quarterly and best management practices or control technologies to reduce those discharges. At least 1 percent of its yearly PFAS remediation funds would go to testing stormwater runoff under the House bill, or to the monitoring and controls under the Senate bill. Source
• H.R. 4168 (119th Congress): PFAS National Drinking Water Standard Act of 2025
  Introduced by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee (June 26, 2025)
  Would give EPA's April 2024 PFAS drinking water rule, as in effect on June 25, 2024, the force of law, keeping its limits for PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA and HFPO-DA (GenX), its hazard index for mixtures of PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA and PFBS, and its original compliance dates. EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind part of that rule and extend its deadlines. Source
• H.R. 1267 (119th Congress): Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act
  Introduced by Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) and referred to the House Energy and Commerce and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees and, the same day, to the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee (February 12, 2025)
  Would bar CERCLA cost recovery and damages claims, including by federal, state and tribal governments, against public water systems, public and private wastewater treatment works, municipal stormwater permit holders, public wholesale water agencies and their contractors over PFAS listed as CERCLA hazardous substances that they handled lawfully in or after treating or conveying water, such as permitted discharges, biosolids management or disposal of treatment residuals. Gross negligence and willful misconduct are not covered. Source

Timeline

• January 12, 2023 Update
  Military specification MIL-PRF-32725 for fluorine-free firefighting foam issued; FAA CertAlert 23-01 said airports may use qualified fluorine-free foam but are not required to switch. Source
• January 26, 2023 Rule
  EPA proposed a significant new use rule for inactive PFAS on the TSCA Inventory. Source
• March 29, 2023 Rule
  EPA proposed the PFAS national primary drinking water regulation. Source
• April 1, 2023 Took effect
  DoD ban on procuring PFOS- or PFOA-containing nonstick cookware, treated upholstered furniture, carpets and rugs took effect. Source
• April 13, 2023 Rule
  EPA issued an advance notice on possible CERCLA designation of other PFAS. Source
• June 23, 2023 Rule
  EPA added nine PFAS to the TRI for reporting year 2023. Source
• September 29, 2023 Rule
  DoD issued an interim DFARS rule barring procurement of AFFF with more than one part per billion PFAS, effective October 1, 2023. Source
• October 11, 2023 Rule
  EPA published the TSCA section 8(a)(7) PFAS reporting rule. Source
• October 31, 2023 Rule
  EPA made TRI PFAS chemicals of special concern and removed the de minimis exemption, including for supplier notifications. Source
• November 13, 2023 Took effect
  The TSCA PFAS reporting rule took effect. Source
• January 11, 2024 Rule
  EPA finalized the significant new use rule for 329 inactive PFAS, effective March 11, 2024. Source
• February 8, 2024 Rule
  EPA proposed listing nine PFAS as RCRA hazardous constituents. Source
• February 28, 2024 Update
  FDA announced that PFAS grease-proofing agents for food packaging are no longer sold in the US. Source
• February 28, 2024 Rule
  EPA proposed removing PTFE from the list of approved pesticide inert ingredients. Source
• March 21, 2024 Court
  The Fifth Circuit vacated EPA's TSCA section 5 orders barring Inhance Technologies from forming PFAS when fluorinating plastic containers. Source
• March 26, 2024 Rule
  DoD finalized the DFARS AFFF procurement rule. Source
• April 26, 2024 Rule
  EPA published the PFAS drinking water regulation, effective June 25, 2024. Source
• May 8, 2024 Rule
  EPA designated PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA hazardous substances, effective July 8, 2024. Source
• May 17, 2024 Rule
  EPA added seven PFAS to the TRI for reporting year 2024. Source
• July 10, 2024 Update
  EPA granted a TSCA section 21 petition seeking a section 6 rule on PFOA, PFNA and PFDA formed during container fluorination. Source
• July 16, 2024 Rule
  EPA proposed revoking the tolerance exemption for PTFE as a pesticide inert ingredient. Source
• September 5, 2024 Delayed
  EPA delayed the TSCA PFAS reporting start from November 12, 2024 to July 11, 2025. Source
• September 30, 2024 Update
  EPA requested comment on PFAS formed during fluorination of plastic containers to inform TSCA regulation. Source
• October 8, 2024 Rule
  EPA proposed adding 16 PFAS and 15 PFAS categories to the TRI. Source
• December 18, 2024 Rule
  EPA made PFAS ineligible for TSCA low volume and LoREX exemptions, effective January 17, 2025. Source
• January 6, 2025 Update
  FDA declared 35 food contact notifications for PFAS grease-proofing agents no longer effective. Source
• January 6, 2025 Rule
  EPA added nine PFAS to the TRI for reporting year 2025. Source
• January 15, 2025 Update
  EPA released a draft sewage sludge risk assessment for PFOA and PFOS for comment. Source
• January 17, 2025 Rule
  EPA proposed clarifying TRI supplier notification for PFAS added automatically under the NDAA. Source
• May 13, 2025 Delayed
  EPA reset the TSCA PFAS submission period to April 13 through October 13, 2026. Source
• May 14, 2025 Update
  EPA announced it would keep the PFOA and PFOS drinking water limits, seek a 2031 compliance date and rescind the other four PFAS limits. Source
• September 17, 2025 Update
  EPA announced it will retain the CERCLA hazardous substance designation for PFOA and PFOS. Source
• November 13, 2025 Rule
  EPA proposed exemptions and other revisions to the TSCA PFAS reporting rule. Source
• December 18, 2025 Amended
  The FY2026 NDAA reset DoD AFFF procurement and use deadlines to October 1, 2026 and changed the firefighter gear restriction to an NFPA 1970 test. Source
• December 29, 2025 Reporting
  FDA released its MoCRA report on PFAS in cosmetics. Source
• January 20, 2026 Court
  The D.C. Circuit heard argument on the CERCLA PFOA and PFOS designation. Source
• February 27, 2026 Rule
  EPA added sodium perfluorohexanesulfonate to the TRI for reporting year 2026. Source
• April 13, 2026 Delayed
  EPA moved the TSCA PFAS reporting start to January 31, 2027 or 60 days after the final revisions rule, whichever is earlier. Source
• April 28, 2026 Update
  EPA released interim PFAS destruction and disposal guidance for public comment. Source
• May 20, 2026 Rule
  EPA proposed rescinding the PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA and hazard index drinking water limits. Source
• May 20, 2026 Rule
  EPA proposed letting water systems that request it have until April 26, 2031 to meet the PFOA and PFOS limits. Source
• July 6, 2026 Update
  EPA issued draft guidance on reducing PFOA and PFOS risk from biosolids for comment. Source
• August 5, 2026 Update
  FAA issued CertAlert 26-03 on AFFF and fluorine-free foam testing at Part 139 airports. Source
• August 18, 2026 Court
  The D.C. Circuit upheld the CERCLA hazardous substance designation of PFOA and PFOS. Source
• October 1, 2026 Took effect
  Defense Department limits set by the NDAA took effect: no purchases of firefighting foam with detectable PFAS, no fluorinated AFFF at remaining military installations, and no purchases of firefighter gear that fails the NFPA 1970 restricted substances list. Source